jailbird
a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
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How to use jailbird in a sentence
Joran van der Sloot is the latest jailbird to get romantic attention from women.
There may have been some old jailbird called a King in the time of our grandmothers; but he belongs to history if not to fable.
The Wisdom of Father Brown | G. K. ChestertonSecond, and a heap more important, because the jailbird had threatened Miss Beulah.
The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod RaineIt is not mysterious, it is not even odd, that a jailbird should take his gun to Pilgrim's Pond.
The Wisdom of Father Brown | G. K. ChestertonHe had forgotten all about it in the excitement of being a jailbird, and I went and reminded him.
Jill the Reckless | P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
The old man--hes the one we saw with those two suspicious jailbird-looking fellows down the line yesterday.
Ralph, the Train Dispatcher | Allen Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for jailbird
gaolbird
/ (ˈdʒeɪlˌbɜːd) /
a person who is or has been confined to jail, esp repeatedly; convict
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